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This year has been a year of relinquishing any idea of control. If you had told me back in December (in the before time) that the internship offer I was ecstatic to receive would not be completed in Amazon’s Austin offices, but virtually during a pandemic of which the U.S. would be the epicenter, I would have asked which timeline you’d leaped from.
Ť他今年已经放弃控制权的任何想法的一年。 如果您在12月(之前)告诉我，我欣喜若狂的实习机会不会在亚马逊的Austin办事处完成，但实际上是在美国将成为大流行的大流行期间，我会问您跳出了哪个时间表 。
Unfortunately, in the totally hypothetical case that I had scoffed in the face of a time traveler warning me of the perils of 2020, I’d have been sorely mistaken in my disbelief.
不幸的是，在我完全面对假设的情况下，我面对一位时空旅行者警告我2020年的危险，我完全误以为我的怀疑。
Like everyone, the past couple of months have been a lesson in adaptability and a test of resolution and purpose - one which I’d like to think that I passed.
像每个人一样，过去的几个月是对适应性的教训，对决议和目标的考验-我想我已经通过了。
Though I’m no time traveler, fortunately for you, future reader, you have someone from the past with a message to you at present containing some brief lessons I learned during my remote internship that will (hopefully) help you make the best of yours.
尽管我不是时间旅行者，但对您来说，幸运的是，您是未来的读者，您有一个过去的人，目前给您的信息包含我在远程实习期间学到的一些简短课程，这些课程将(希望)帮助您充分利用自己的经验。
帮助他人帮助您 (Help Others Help You)
You’re working as an SDE, so you’re probably used to the struggle of problem-solving. Or maybe I’m the only one who takes Ken Thompson’s quote, “When in doubt, use brute force,” a bit too literally. Regardless, a phrase I like to remember to counter the rugged individualism that so many SDE’s seem to battle is “It’s dangerous to go alone!”
您正在作为SDE工作，因此您可能已经习惯于解决问题。 或者，也许我是唯一接受肯·汤普森(Ken Thompson)的名言的人：“如果有疑问，请使用蛮力”。 无论如何，我想记住的一句话是，与如此多的SDE似乎在战斗的粗individual的个人主义相对应：“ 独自一人走是危险的！ ”
In other words, part of being as productive as possible is striking a balance between making a best attempt to solve a problem and badgering your mentor or teammates to come up with solutions to problems that are your responsibility to solve. Hence, the two parts of this phrase.
换句话说，尽可能多地提高工作效率的一部分是在最大程度地尝试解决问题与向您的导师或队友徽章以寻求解决方案(这是您要解决的责任)之间取得平衡。 因此，这句话的两个部分。
By making solid attempts to fix the problem you a) solve the problem (hooray!) or b) eliminate the most apparent possible solutions before going to someone else to collaborate.
通过尝试解决问题，您可以a)解决问题(万岁！)或b)在寻求他人合作之前消除最明显的解决方案。
Then, by going to peers or mentors for help with what you’ve tried and the errors you’re facing, you’re better able to engage in the process of solving the problem and set up your advisors to better support you.
然后，通过向同行或指导者寻求帮助以及所遇到的错误，您可以更好地参与解决问题的过程，并设置顾问以更好地为您提供支持。
Notice that you still have to go to them for help. DON’T be like me and try to struggle your way through every little problem. DO attempt a few things, document your attempts and errors, and reach out for support if you’re blocked for longer than a couple of hours.
请注意，您仍然必须向他们寻求帮助。 不要像我一样，尝试通过每一个小问题奋斗。 DO尝试一些事情，记录您的尝试和错误，并达到了支持，如果你阻止了超过两小时长。
寻找学习资源 (Look for Learning Resources)
Throughout the course of my internship, I noted and bookmarked any resources that I found helpful. I saved them because they were useful. Many times I did so after I had made a first run at the problem. They would’ve been even more useful if I had found them before I reverse-engineered my own solution to the problem they walk the reader through solving.
在整个实习过程中，我记录并标记了我认为有帮助的任何资源。 我保存了它们，因为它们很有用。 在我第一次尝试解决该问题后，我多次这样做。 如果我在对它们自己的解决方案进行反向工程之前找到它们，它们将更加有用，这些问题将引导读者逐步解决。
At a large company like Amazon, it’s unlikely that you’ll be asked to work on something within a framework that no one else has worked on, at least as an intern. That’s not to say that your project has been done before, but that the workflows and general architecture that you will utilize have been leveraged by another engineer to create something different.
在像亚马逊这样的大型公司中，至少在实习期间，不太可能会要求您在没有其他人参与过的框架内从事某些工作。 这并不是说您的项目以前已经完成，而是您将利用的工作流程和通用体系结构已被另一位工程师利用来创建不同的东西。
For me, I was creating a cloud-native AWS application that needed to call a legacy service. Learning how to do so was a learning curve in itself. Well, halfway through sifting through documentation, I found an internal tutorial that walked the reader through the exact process I was struggling with. What I felt was a combination of relief that I found it, and frustration with myself that I didn’t look for something like that earlier.
对我而言，我正在创建一个需要调用旧版服务的云原生AWS应用程序 。 学习如何做本身就是一个学习曲线。 好吧，在筛选文档的过程中，我发现了一个内部教程，它引导读者完成了我一直在苦苦挣扎的确切过程。 我感到的是既找到了救济，又感到沮丧的是我自己没有早些寻找这样的东西。
Also, remember that other teammates are sources of knowledge too. Reach out, schedule 1:1’s with people in your team, and in the larger org.
另外，请记住，其他队友也是知识的来源。 伸出援手，与团队中以及大型组织中的人员安排1：1的安排。
探索，但不要迷路 (Explore, But Don’t Get Lost)
As an intern, the sheer amount of information coming at you is unbelievable. You’ve likely never experienced engineering at the scope and scale of the company you will be working at.
作为一名实习生，令人难以置信的信息量真是令人难以置信。 您可能从未在要从事的公司的规模和规模上经历过工程。
Toy programming assignments pale in comparison to the moving megaliths of modern engineering that are Amazon services. It’s simultaneously daunting and exciting to have the privilege of working on such systems. It’s easy to spend hours exploring the details of low-level concepts that ultimately have nothing to do with your project.
与作为服务的现代工程巨石相比，玩具编程任务显得苍白无力。 拥有在这样的系统上工作的特权，这同时令人生畏和令人兴奋。 花费数小时探索底层概念的细节很容易，这些细节最终与您的项目无关。
Now, I’m by no means saying that spending hours reading is a waste of time. In fact, love of learning is a necessary attribute to every successful SDE; however, as an intern, success also requires you to make the best use of the limited time you have and maximize your impact on the host company.
现在，我绝不是说花费数小时来阅读是浪费时间。 实际上， 热爱学习是每一个成功的SDE的必要属性。 但是，作为实习生，成功还需要您充分利用有限的时间，并最大限度地提高对托管公司的影响。
If I’m honest, the intimidation I felt around my ability to perform well in these new gargantuan systems prevented me from acting on the knowledge I gained from all that exploration and reading.
老实说，我对在这些新的庞大系统中表现出色的能力感到恐惧，这使我无法根据从所有探索和阅读中获得的知识来行动。
I roamed and explored my new environment, but found myself lost in inaction. Thankfully, my manager was keen enough to perceive what was going on and I was supported in executing on my project.
我漫游并探索了新的环境，但发现自己迷失了方向。 值得庆幸的是，我的经理敏锐地洞悉了正在发生的事情，并为我的项目执行提供了支持。
映射出来并留下面包屑 (Map it Out and Leave Breadcrumbs)
When you start, you won’t be sure where you’re headed. You may not even know the details of your project as you’re reading this.
开始时，您将不确定前进的方向。 在阅读本文时，您甚至可能不知道项目的详细信息。
That’s okay.
没关系。
Each day you learn more that will help you see further toward the horizon that is project completion, and each day you get to choose where you’ll direct your attention to get you closer to that aim.
每天您都会学到更多的知识，这将有助于您进一步了解完成项目的前景，而且每天您都可以选择将注意力转移到什么地方，从而使您更加接近目标。
The best practice I have to share from my time at Amazon is keeping a notebook designated just for work-related things — not digital, but physical.
我在亚马逊工作时必须分享的最佳实践是为工作相关的事情(不是数字的而是物理的)指定笔记本。
It sat on my desk, and each morning I would write down the date and what I wanted to accomplish, and each evening I would mark items as complete or move them forward for the next day (if they were still relevant) along with notes about my stopping point at day’s end.
它坐在我的桌子上，每天早晨我会写下日期和想要完成的工作，每天晚上我会将项目标记为已完成，或者将它们移至第二天(如果它们仍然有用)以及关于我的终点在一天的尽头。
With this practice, I knew exactly what I would work on. My day ahead was mapped out with each morning being a step forward from where I last stood. It was nothing fancy, just some bullet journaling and scribbles about where I was the night before. But from the scribbles and scratches came threads of thought which I weaved into real progress.
通过这种实践，我确切地知道了我将要从事的工作。 我的前一天计划在每天早晨朝着我上次站立的地方迈出的一步。 没什么好想的，只是一些子弹头日记和关于我前一天晚上的涂鸦。 但是从杂文和划痕中，我想到了真正的进步。
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After you leave, your work will have to stand on its own. Someone — team member or otherwise — reviewing your project should be able to learn about the following, at a minimum:
离开后，您的工作将不得不独立进行。 至少有人(例如团队成员或其他人)审阅您的项目应至少了解以下内容：
Your initial motivation, design, specs, and stretch goals. Yes, that means a carefully considered design doc.
您的最初动机，设计，规格和延伸目标。 是的，这意味着需要仔细考虑的设计文档 。
- Your project’s final implementation and the technologies you leveraged to get to completion along with your familiarity with said technologies prior to working on your project. 您的项目的最终实施以及在完成项目之前对这些技术的熟悉程度所利用的技术。
- How to use your final deliverable. Think walkthroughs with screenshots, videos, etc. Bonus points for a FAQ and troubleshooting section. 如何使用最终交付物。 想一想带有屏幕截图，视频等的演练。常见问题和故障排除部分的加分点。
- Your process of discovery that informed design and implementation. 您的发现过程可帮助您设计和实施。
- Orderly artifacts of engineering (ie. comments, commits & code reviews). 工程的有序工件(即注释，提交和代码审查)。
At the end, I had a progress map of where I started and the path I took to get to my end result. Along with that, I also had all the lessons I saved that helped me and allowed me to compile this to (hopefully) help you.
最后，我有一张进度图，说明了我从哪里开始以及达到最终结果所走的道路。 除此之外，我还保存了所有的经验教训，这些经验对我有帮助，并允许我将其编译为(希望)对您有所帮助。
奖金提示-伸出手！ (Bonus Tip — Reach out!)
Your perspective is your reality. There were plenty of occasions this summer when I thought that going virtual put me at a disadvantage compared to working in an office. When I felt that way, I reminded myself of all the benefits that came along with a giant organization working from home.
您的观点就是您的现实。 今年夏天有很多场合，我认为与在办公室工作相比，虚拟化使我处于不利地位。 当我有这种感觉时，我想起了自己，这是一个庞大的组织在家工作所带来的所有好处。
The biggest one? The only method to connect with others is virtual. It’s not just the default, it’s now the norm. And with that, people from all over the company are accessible so long as they have the availability. It only serves you to request time on someone’s calendar and show up with thoughtful questions and an inquisitive mind.
最大的一个？ 与他人联系的唯一方法是虚拟的。 它不仅是默认值，而且现在已经成为标准。 这样，只要有空，就可以访问公司各处的人员。 它仅用于要求您请求某人的日历上的时间，并以周到的问题和好奇的心出现。
This cannot be understated: as an intern, your superpower is the ability to explore.
这一点不可低估： 作为实习生，您的超级大国是探索能力。
You’re there to learn, to search, and to fully experience working within the environment and culture that is your host company. An internship is a distinctly unique experience from any other job title in that you can wander the (virtual) halls of a company to find where you may fit best and then return post-graduation.
您可以在那里学习，搜索并充分体验在您所在的公司所在的环境和文化中工作的情况。 实习是与任何其他职位不同的独特经历，因为您可以在公司的(虚拟)大厅中闲逛，找到最适合的职位，然后返回毕业后的职位。
Now, I didn’t try to put time on Jeff Bezos’s schedule, but I did get to meet with some amazing people during my time who lent their own lessons, insights, and experiences that enriched my learning and internship experience. I hope you do the same. Good Luck!
现在，我并没有尝试将时间花在Jeff Bezos的时间表上，但是我确实遇到了一些很棒的人，他们借出了自己的课程，见解和经验，丰富了我的学习和实习经验。 我希望你也一样。 祝好运！
Thanks for taking the time to read this piece. I’m a senior at Columbia University studying Computer Science & Mathematics with aims to leverage the power of technology against the biggest problems facing humanity — sustainable energy and aging.
感谢您抽出宝贵的时间阅读本文。 我是哥伦比亚大学的大四学生，攻读计算机科学与数学，旨在利用技术的力量来应对人类面临的最大问题-可持续能源和老化。
P.S. If you enjoyed this read, be sure to connect with me on LinkedIn or Twitter.
翻译自: https://medium.com/swlh/making-the-most-of-your-remote-internship-74084db42e59
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